UNC's NCAA Tournament game times announced

Posted Monday, March 12, 2007

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Winston-Salem, NC - Carolina and Eastern Kentucky will play Thursday at approximately 9:50 p.m., or 30 minutes after the end of the Marquette-Michigan State game.

The University of North Carolina men's basketball team will play the late game against Eastern Kentucky on Thursday, March 15 in Winston-Salem, N.C. Should the Tar Heels advance to the second round, Carolina would play in the second game on Saturday, March 17, at the Joel Coliseum in Winston-Salem.

Thursday, March 15
7:20 p.m. -- #8 Marquette vs. #9 Michigan State
30 minutes after -- #1 North Carolina vs. #16 Eastern Kentucky

Saturday, March 17
5:50 p.m. -- winner of #2 Georgetown/#15 Belmont vs. winner of #7 Boston College/#10 Texas Tech
30 minutes after -- winner of #1 North Carolina/#16 Eastern Kentucky vs. winner of #8 Marquette/#9 Michigan State

Quotes from Roy Williams, Reyshawn Terry and Marcus Ginyard

North Carolina Head Coach Roy Williams
We are extremely excited about our season and about earning a No. 1 seed. As always, we're excited about being a part of the NCAA Tournament. We should have some confidence from winning the ACC Tournament, but as I've always said, you build your momentum in the NCAA Tournament. I'm pleased for our fans that we're staying in North Carolina. Hopefully, we'll give them a good showing.

North Carolina senior forward Reyshawn Terry, a native of Winston-Salem, N.C.
"I'm very excited to be playing at home in Winston-Salem, but my main focus is on doing what we need to do. My mom might be more excited than I am. I don't even know how many ticket requests I'm going to get."

North Carolina sophomore guard/forward Marcus Ginyard
"I'm very excited to be in a No. 1 position, but at the same time we've got a long road ahead. Right now, we have to take things one game at a time and focus on Thursday's game. It's great to stay so close to home so we don't have to travel very far. Hopefully, we'll get some good fan support there.

NCAA Tournament Notes:

This is North Carolina's 39th NCAA Tournament appearance, tying with UCLA for second behind Kentucky (48).

This is the 11th time Carolina has been a No. 1 seed and the eighth time in the last 17 years.

This is head coach Roy Williams seventh No. 1 seed in 19 years as a head coach.

This will be North Carolina's third trip to Winston-Salem for the NCAA Tournament. Carolina was 2-0 in 1993 and 2-0 in 1997 in two previous visits.

All-ACC Tournament Team Note:
Carolina had three freshman make first-team All-ACC Tournament - Brandan Wright, Wayne Ellington, Ty Lawson. Previously, no school has had more than one freshman make All-ACC Tournament in a given year.

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